"Empty Graves"

"Empty Graves"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon jr.

I

It was the dead of night

The full moon hidden from my sight

I noticed something amiss

I noticed things were not right

II

I turned left and right

I found nothing but Empty Graves.

I look for the young and the old

There is nothing but the cold

III

And I look to the sky as the moon came out

To see them rise

Alive and Whole

I see them rise 

Happy and content

I see them rise 

IV

A tear ran across my cheek

They were fine and they were free

And I was left here

among these Empty graves